St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-06-20
A BOSTON GIRL GOES WEST.

She UnfOIds Her Plans for GETTING
| "A Dakota FaFm---PastoraI Life
and How She Will Manage Her
| Ranch.
| Chicago Tribune.
1t Is swift train that bears you away
from Chicago to the Northwest, the
land OF endless tree claims and quarter
sections, where DonanS flourish and
turnlpS grow so fast as to crack the
| ground like earthquakes, and it was ON
one OF these trains last week that one
Oh BoSt0n'S fair damSels was riding.
| pound Tor Dakota, where her minds
esthetlc eye filled with transcendentaI
Visions. wherein the ideality of the to-
be blended with the experience of the
was. became united in the embodied
existence of the now; in other
words, she imagined piece of
Dakota dirt made into farm
Tor herself. Learning that fellow
traveller was dweller in that land, the
fair BOStonian informed him of the
scope OF her plans and of her idea that.
the transcendental in agriculturism
reached the most eminent in attitude
only through the application of an in,
te!lIgence entirely Bostonesque. She
said: 1T is my primordial intention
to obtain that portion of super
ncial area eircumScribed within the
llmltati ons of a section that is de-
voted to arbOrculture-" s'Yes. GER;
tainly, you mean a tree claim''-{she
said nothing at this interruption: she
just looked Scorn in reckless profusion.
and continued to saw woodland i'm E.
order that it may attain the existent in
locality, as well actuality, shall be-
stow upon it appellatively the designa-
ton 'Alcot Grange'-nOt imitativeIy but
reminiscently. Such holding receives
the cOgnOmlnatien of ranch, under
stand, from the simple rusticS of that
region"
You pre-empted the right word that
time, ma'am," gaSped her fellOw-tray-
eier, who gaZed at her with reverent,
you re-hylng-pretty-high air. s'Ah,1
said she, Il observe Unjust accommodate
the expreSsional embodiment of my
location to lesser altitude of intelli-
gence, and if you will favor me SHALT
ask you, with the shears of practicability,
to prune the igniferOuS shooting of INV
limbs of thought.
Given my tree claim, and myself
what shall do firSt?'"
'!Git married.
'What! link my potentiality to clod?
Never! Let me unfold my plans, In
space to worship in my forest with an
enraptured look; the groves were
Gods first temples"
"WoodS, ma'am2 There are no trees
on a tree claim. You have to plant
'em."
sit should then be called treeless :
claim, for if it has not trees on there's
surely treason in language, and it is
mlstreating ideas to so lumber them up
with words. The phrase should be dis
atferested; but fear you do not UNDER
stand Eastern WITT"
No; l confess to being stumped en-
tirely."
'.Ah! [ will unfold my plans further.
shall engage in pastoral pursuits, as it
is vulgar to dig i'll the soil | shall have
herd of cattle, and of these | wish to
ask your advice. 1t will be first neces-
SaRy, | suppose, to secure the services of
cowboy; but. OF course, can adopt
one from one of the asylums, l presume
They call them corrals. l opine.''
Eyes, yes; certainly a'am; you can
adopt a cowboy said the fellow-traveler
as seriously as though doom had cracked
right in front of him, land you also
might adopt a roundup ana SOM
brero."
Eyes. l have thought of that, and
shall certainly follow your advice.
Then, let me see, the pachaderm is a
gramnivorous animal, and, of course,
eats grass. But leave it to you if it
would not be well to plant circum-
Scribed area of brOncoS?"
''To what?"
''To-to broncos. I'm sure cattle
must be very fond of brOncOS; I've
heard of them gorging themselves Oh
broncOS."
''Why certainly, of course you havel
What was 1 thinking about. Yes, yes;
you will want a patch of broncoS, and
you might also sow an acre or two of.
cayuseS, and field of coyotes; yes you
might plant five acres to coyotes; they
are very good for calves"
''Ah. l shall remember; five acres to
coyotes. suppose it will not be neces-
sary to teach the cowboy how to play on
the lariat?"
ITO wha-what?"
ITO play on the lariat to the cattle. L
have heard Of cattle being held spell
bound by the simple music of the lariat.
How beautiful it must be to see them
diveSting themselves of their wildneSS
and thronging about the enraptured
cowboy, who pourS out his soul in the
mellow notes of the lariat! How beauti-
full. | have brought my harp with me
and shall join the cowboy i'll playing
SymphoniouS duets to the Subdued, en-
uanced pachaderm. l have composed
a poem to this beautiful custom and will
recite you the first StanZa:
The herd subdued, enraptured at
This tuneful cowboy of the plain;
Who softly blows his lariat-
A new Timotheus doth reign.
s'The succeeding stanZaS depict the
feelings of the cattle, and close with
tribute to that regularly concurring
succession of vibrations that constitutes
melody; beautiful, is it not? But. then,
speak about, as | wish my cattle to have
all the advantages Of BoSton'S enlight-
anment and culcha. How best shall
allow my cattle to vote?"
$50 what, to vote?'
Eyes, to vote. have surely read of
cattle being polled, and how could they
be pOlled without going to the polls?"
why, how. could they, of course?
Certainly cattle vote.f
Yes, that is what | supposed. My
cattle will be MugwumpS, and, of
shall write to George William Curtis
and ask his counsel about whom they
shall cast their SutfrageS for"
Eyes, would advise such a COURSE"
''There is just one more pOint-do cat
tie play base ball? Ihave heard of their
tossing things, and, you know, our Kelly
is called the boss ball toSSer.'"
''Play ball, certainly. They are great
felders, and are always sure to get fly
if there is one i'll the neighborhoOd. Ger
tainly they play ball"
But just then the train got to st. Paul
and the Dakotian hustled outside and
POINTS ABOUT STRIKERS.
A striking thing in gloves-The pu-